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Mets great

Tom Seaver

diagnosed

with

dementia

at 74

By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of
Fame pitcher Tom Seaver,
the star of the Miracle Mets
1969 World Series champi-
onship team, has been di-
agnosed with dementia at
age 74.
His family made the an-
nouncement Thursday
through the Hall and said
Seaver has retired from
public life and will contin-
ue to work at Seaver Vine-
yards, founded by the re-
tired player and wife Nan-
cy in 1998 on 116 acres at
Diamond Mountain in the
Calistoga region of Cali-
fornia. Seaver has limited
his public appearances
in recent years. He didn’t
attend the Baseball Writ- Nuggets top Lakers 115-99
ers’ Association of America
dinner in January where
members of the 1969 team as LeBron passes Jordan
were honored on the 50th
anniversary of what still
ranks among baseball’s
most unexpected title Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures after scoring
winners. A three-time NL during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game
Cy Young Award winner against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in
and the 1967 NL Rookie of
the Year, Seaver was 311- Los Angeles. The Nuggets won 115-99.
205 with a 2.86 ERA, 3,640 Associated Press
strikeouts and 61 shutouts Page 20
from 1967-86.

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